In October, WWF Finland organised its first ever EUROWA BASIC Responder course. WWF Finland has been providing oiled wildlife response training for their oil spill response volunteers for many years, but the training format has thus far been slightly different…
BALEX DELTA is the largest annual transnational oil spill response exercise in the Baltic Sea region. This year, the exercise was held in Kotka, Finland from the 23rd-25th of August and led by the Finnish Border Guard. The exercise included…
The EUROWA-2 project is developing tools which will help governments develop their oiled wildlife preparedness through an integrated approach. Responding well to oiled wildlife incidents and other marine wildlife emergencies needs a multidisciplinary, integrated approach where key authorities operate jointly.…
EUROWA network member Wildlife Rescue Centre Ostend (WRCO) delivered an ADVANCED oiled wildlife responder training in Estonia from 16 to 19th September. The course was organised by Agni Kaldma (EUROWA technical expert, also affiliated with the Estonian Fund for Nature,…
On 14th April, the EUROWA Secretariat presented EUROWA at an online meeting of oiled wildlife response stakeholders who are part of the Polish oiled wildlife response working group. The working group is looking into strengthening and further developing national arrangements…
